Aims of these days


· Reflect on the changes in education that impact student learning
· Make connections between where we have been and where we are going
· Explore differentiated instruction as an example of effective pedagogy
· Be familiar with the key competencies and be able to confidently plan how to link them authentically into programmes of learning
· Build networks across the school by discussion with others outside of the usual Learning Area
· Be given an opportunity to explore differentiation according to individual needs and interests
· Build background knowledge of research and application of differentiation strategies
· Create differentiated activities for immediate use in classrooms

Schedule of days

Thursday
8.30-9.00
Theatre
9.00-9.30
Forum groups rooms as assigned
9.30-11.30
Choice one & Morning tea ( within your own timeframe)
11.30-12.00
Forum groups rooms as assigned
12.00-1.00
Lunch
1.00-4.00
Learning Area
Friday
8.30-9.00
Theatre
9.00-11.00
Choice two & Morning tea (within your own timeframe)
11.00 -11.30
Forum groups rooms as assigned
11.30-12.30
Learning Area
12.30-1.30
Lunch (provided in staff room)
1.30-4.00
Show & Tell Learning Area in Theatre
Why?

The Ministry of Education website for The New Zealand Curriculum.
The new curriculum was launched on 6 November 2007 following one of the most comprehensive consultation processes undertaken by the Ministry of Education.The challenge now is to build on this framework, offering our young people the most effective and engaging teaching possible and supporting them to achieve to the highest of standards.
http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/

The New Ministry of Education website for Key Competencies.
This new website, designed to support you, as teachers and curriculum leaders, to introduce the key competencies in the New Zealand Curriculum.
http://keycompetencies.tki.org.nz/

The New Zealand Curriculum Online
http://centre4.core-ed.net/modules/journal/journalview.php?space_key=468&module_key=62266&tag_key=147

In 2008, a book Jane Gilbert and
Rachel Bolstad wrote called Disciplining and drafting, or 21st Century Learning? Rethinking the New Zealand Senior Secondary Curriculum for the Future was published. One of the goals in this book was to look back at the way secondary education has changed over time, and to provoke people to think about whether we’ve yet reached a point where our system really promotes and supports the kinds of learning that we think are going to be important for life in the 21st century world.
http://www.shiftingthinking.org/?p=546